How to Cook Sweet Potatoes

The humble sweet potato is packed with nutrition; is simple to bake in an oven, microwave, or cook on a grill; and can be seasoned with a variety of your favorite toppings as well as paired with other vegetables.

Step 1: Select potatoes
Select fresh, firm, smooth, and plump sweet potatoes and wash them as you would other vegetables.

Tip
Cook sweet potatoes whole to benefit from nutrients found next to the skin.

Step 2: Pierce
Pierce your dry sweet potatoes a few times with a fork before baking or microwaving.

Step 3: Place on pan and bake
Place the sweet potatoes on a rimmed pan and bake at 375 degrees for about 45 minutes or until they are tender.

Step 4: Quick-cook
Quick-cook sweet potatoes by placing two clean, pierced potatoes in a microwave oven for five to nine minutes, or four sweet potatoes for 10 to 13 minutes.

Tip
Sweet potatoes rank high among the healthiest of vegetables, providing vitamins A and C, potassium, and fiber.

Step 5: Grill
Grill sweet potatoes by first boiling them, letting them cool, and then slicing them lengthwise into eighths, oiling the slices, and grilling all sides until they’re golden brown.

Did You Know?
Christopher Columbus found sweet potatoes growing on islands in the West Indies and brought the vegetable plant to Spain in the early 1500s, where it was cultivated.
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how to cook sweet potatoes the humble sweet potato is packed with nutrition is simple to bake in an oven microwave or cook on a grill and can be seasoned with a variety of your favorite toppings as well as paired with other vegetables you will need sweet potatoes cooking oil and assorted toppings equipment a rimmed baking pan step 1 select fresh firm smooth and plum sweet potatoes and wash them as you would other vegetables cook sweet potatoes whole to benefit from nutrients found next to the skin step 2 pierce your dry sweet potatoes a few times with a fork before baking or microwaving step 3 place the sweet potatoes on a rimmed pan and bake at 375 degrees for about 45 minutes or until they are tender step 4 quick cook sweet potatoes by placing to clean pierced potatoes in a microwave oven for five to nine minutes or for sweet potatoes for 10 to 13 minutes sweet potatoes rank high among the healthiest of vegetables providing vitamins A and C potassium and fiber step 5 grill sweet potatoes by first boiling them letting them cool and then slicing them lengthwise into eighths boiling the slices and grilling all sides until they're golden brown step 6 slit your sweet potatoes and top them with sour cream butter cinnamon brown sugar maple syrup apple sauce pecans or anything else that tickles your tastebuds to make a delightful dining experience did you know Christopher Columbus found sweet potatoes growing on islands in the West Indies and brought the vegetable plant to Spain in the early 1500s where it was cultivated you
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i cooked one. i never knew it naturally became soft and gooey. I thought you had to like steam that shit and bake it. Ate it straight up with a round eye steak, yum yum yum body building here i come!!.

Don't cover the plate with foil. Just cover the potatoes. The reason for that is, that the potato cooks in it's own moisture. It's like cooking a potato but the vitamins can't get out with all the foil around. When it's done, have some broccoli with it, covered with spicy cheese sauce. Some garlic yoghurt for the potatoes. Have some pork tenderloin with it. Great combination.